Nyctaginaceae
44 species
Four o'clock family; ornamental herbs and shrubs with showy flowers and edible roots in some species.
Abronia fragrans
Snowball sand verbena, Sweet sand-verbena
Edible: Root
Abronia latifolia
Coastal Sand Verbena, Yellow Sand-verbena
Edible: Root, Stems
Boerhavia australis
Tah vine
Edible: Root
Boerhavia coccinea
Tarvine
Edible: Root, Seeds, Vegetable
Boerhavia coulteri - (Hook.f.) S.Watson
Coulter’s Spiderling
Boerhavia diffusa
Hogweed, Tar vine, Red hogweed
Edible: Leaves, Root, Fruit, Seeds, Caution, Vegetable
Boerhavia dominii
Tarvine
Edible: Root, Tuber
Boerhavia elegans
Edible: Seeds, Leaves
Boerhavia erecta
Hogweed, Pigweed
Edible: Leaves, Root
Boerhavia gardneri
Tarvine
Edible: Root, Tuber
Boerhavia plumbaginea
Edible: Leaves
Boerhavia procumbens
Edible: Leaves, Root
Boerhavia repens
Spreading hogweed
Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Root
Boerhavia rubicunda
Edible: Seeds
Boerhavia tetrandra
Edible: Roots
Boerhavia tuberosa
Edible: Roots, Tuber
Boerhavia verticillata
Mota Sata
Edible: Leaves
Bougainvillea campanulata
Edible: Flower bracts ?
Bougainvillea spectabilis
Purple bougainvillea
Edible: Flower bracts
Bougainvillea stipitata
Ceodes longirostris
Edible: Leaves ?
Ceodes muelleriana
Edible: Leaves ?
Commicarpus boissieri
Edible: Shoots, Roots
Commicarpus pentandrus
Vald patats
Edible: Root, Tuber
Commicarpus plumbagineus
Edible: Leaves, Roots
Guapira discolor
Blolly, Beef tree
Edible: Fruit
Guapira hirsuta
Guapira
Edible: Fruit
Guapira noxia
Edible: Fruit
Guapira petenensis
Edible: Fruit
Mirabilis expansa - (Ruiz.&Pav.)Standl.
Mauka
Edible: Leaves, Root
Mirabilis jalapa
Marvel Of Peru, Miracle Flower of Peru, Four O'Clock
Edible: Leaves
Mirabilis linearis
Narrowleaf Four o'Clock
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Mirabilis multiflora - (Torr.)A.Gray.
Four O'clock Plant, Colorado four o'clock
Mirabilis oxybaphoides
Smooth spreading Four o'clock
Edible: Leaves, Leaves - tea
Neea constricta
Small leaf sakusaku
Edible: Fruit
Neea floribunda
Big leaf sakusaku
Edible: Fruit
Neea hermaphrodita
Edible: Fruit ?
Neea macrophylla
Large leaf neea
Edible: Fruit
Neea theifera
Edible: Leaves - tea
Pisonia capitata
Edible: Fruit
Pisonia grandis
Pisonia tree, Giant Pisonia, Lettuce tree
Edible: Leaves
Pisonia umbellifera
Bird lime tree
Edible: Leaves
Salpianthus macrodontus
Guayavilla
Edible: Root
Salpianthus purpurascens
Edible: Leaves